Re: Coxo, four years later ...

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> I am assuming these are shot from the old highway
> across the valley and slightly below Windy Point
> as the train nears Cumbres. I walked out there
> for a shot in September. We also shot here.

Actually from well up on the hill above the tracks - here's the best I could do with the extremely underexposed shot immediately prior to the second one above:


> I said once before this was interesting seeing the
> road equipment. If I remember you had a neat
> shot taken at Cumbres with a dozer working in
> the background as the train neared the crossing.

The crossing had been staked, but not yet graded - see [ngdiscussion.net].
Here's a recent scan, slightly sharper, converted to B&W:


> I wonder if anyone ever got any shots of 483 with
> the caboose headed back to Alamosa. I know most,
> including Ernie Robart, chased the 473 westbound
> with the train toward Durango.

Actually it was #483 that pulled the train from Chama to Durango. #498 was the road engine eastbound, with #484 as helper from Chama to Cumbres.  I went with Ernie to a spot above Dalton overlooking Lobato, but made the big mistake of adding a cheap 2X extender to my 70-150 zoom.  As you can clearly see, my shots from that morning are so fuzzy they're not worth re-scanning:




> If I remember right 483 picked up a flat with a
> dozer or something someplace, perhaps Toltec???
> Anyone know of any pictures of 483 that last day?


Close, Greg -

Ernie chased #498 eastbound as far as the overlook near m.p.326, then turned around to chase #483 westbound to Durango and then the last train to Farmington on Saturday, August 31.   Meanwhile, I drove to Antonito and then south as far as the little trestle - now a culvert - just beyond Hangman's at m.p. 286.72.  See [ngdiscussion.net] & [ngdiscussion.net] ...   and [ngdiscussion.net].

- Roosso



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/14/2015 04:45PM by Russo Loco.